Now 5 chapters, and includes a huge amount more than before (including a lot of coding headaches!)
I would LOVE to know what you think so far.
I do have a Kickstarter for this, whether that’s realistic or not I don’t know. I want to provide more than just the game for those who are interested and passionate but I can’t afford to do that without the Kickstarter!
Currently in Choicescript but if the Kickstarter goes ahead it will be ported to Twine (demo brings in no money so it’s okay).
Hello. I played the demo2, which is significantly better than the original. This time, there is something interesting going forward after finding the fungus.
I had a look at the KS page and i have some comments;
I am assuming this game is a scifi romance, and as such the pitch would be a lot more compelling if you featured the main characters. As i understand, the game will be graphical. It makes sense that you have drawings of the main “romantic other” characters in your pitch. I’m sure potential customers will want to see them and read about them.
In playing the demo, you get to choose who the other character are. This will be a problem for the pictures since you’ll need several sets. You might want to consider this upfront and thin down the permutations. I realise there is always a problem making drawings before funding, but maybe there is a way.
Regarding the use of AI, even if these are placeholders, you can’t afford for these to look poor. Because unfortunately, people will judge you on these despite being WIP.
Something I’ve learnt is that, AI is no free ride. It’s just a different artistic skill. Making acceptable images from AI is a multi-step process involving copious manual editing work as well.
When people see images with errors and mistakes, that is the “slop” and it reveals a weakness not in AI, but in the user. All too often it shows the user wants a quick route and expects AI to do all the heavy lifting, which unfortunately it can’t do.
Thank you so much for your comments! it’s so great to hear you think the demo is better this time around
Honestly, the KS isn’t going to get funded in the time it has left otherwise I would make those changes. Ultimately the romance is secondary, although I’m building it in the story will be fulfilling and complete without it too.
If I could afford to get some images done up front I absolutely would have done that but it’s just not possible financially sadly. I’m still going to write the story, it’s just ging to have less with it
